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HISTORY 195-002: Treasures, Trinkets, and Trash: A History of Medieval Europe Through Objects

Finding Objects: Digital Collections

ARTstor
Provides over 1.5 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences.

Finding Objects: Books, Catalogues, and Other Print Sources

Fifty Early Medieval Things : Materials of Culture in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages by Hendrik Dey, Paolo Squatriti, Deborah Deliyannis
The Middle Ages in 50 objects by Elina Gertsman, Barbara H. Rosenwein
Treasures of Heaven : Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe by Martina Bagnoli
Crusader Art : The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land by Jaroslav Folda
Gothic : Art for England 1400-1547 by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson
50 Early Medieval Finds : From the Portable Antiquities Scheme by Jo Ahmet & Simon Maslin

Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogs

Finding Secondary Sources

U-M Library Catalog Search

Catalog Search results will include everything in the University of Michigan Library physical collection (books, audio, video, maps, musical scores, archival materials, and more), as well as materials available online such as electronic books, streaming audio and video, and online journals.
JSTOR
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Citations

Chicago Manual of Style Online
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